Influnce Of Early Attachment

Question 1

Psychologist to do with attachment in childhood to adulthood

Answer 1

Bowlby’s

Question 2

What Bowlby believe

Answer 2

He believed primary attachment would be reflected in later relationship through an internal working model of relationship it suggests that the attachment style from infancy through to adulthood

Question 3

What does the internal working model create

Answer 3

A individuals view of self love or unloveable

Question 4

Research support suggesting the continuity between early attachment and the quality of childhood relationship

Answer 4

Mullis et al found that the attachment behaviours used with peers in late childhood reflect the attachment behaviours used in infancy

Question 5

Research shows the benefit of secure attachment in infancy in later stages of life

Answer 5

Yungblade and belsky
- 3-5 year old secularisation attached children were more empathetic, self confident, got along with children better and were more likely to form close friend

Question 6

Evaluation of childhood relationships

Answer 6

Correlation
- don’t prove that attachment quality has a causal effect on childhood relationships. There may be other factors influencing attachment in both childhood and adult relationships

Temperament hypothesis
- nature of infants attachment n later attachment could actually be due to innate personality

Question 7

Secure attachment in childhood is what in adult hood

Answer 7

Secure/autonomous

Question 8

Autonomous

Answer 8

Confident in relationships and comfortable with intimacy willing to ask for help from a partner

Question 9

Avoidant in childhood is what in adulthood

Answer 9

Dismissing

Question 10

Dismissing

Answer 10

Prefers life alone. Dismissing intimacy. Does not open up emotionally

Question 11

Resistant in childhood is what in adulthood

Answer 11

Preoccupied

Question 12

Preoccupied

Answer 12

Afraid to be rejected. Obsessive to keep closeness in a relationship

Question 13

Disorganised in childhood is what in adult hood

Answer 13

Unresolved/fearful

Question 14

Unresolved/fearful

Answer 14

Fearful of intimacy. Avoids relationships

Question 15

Evidence in adult relationships

Answer 15

Hazan and shaver

- love quiz in newspaper gathered information on attitudes about and experiences of romantic relationships with parents

Question 16

What did Hazan and shaver find

Answer 16

• A strong correction between childhood and adult attachment
• the percentage of adults in the different attachment types match those of children in Ainsworth strange situation studies
• ppts described as securely attached relationship had long lasting relationship
• insecure avoidant believed love was rare more likely to get a divorce, more self doubt than the other 2 attachment types
• Both insecure types were vulnerable to loneliness insecure resistant being more vulnerable

Question 17

Research support for evidence in adult relationships

Answer 17

McCarthy
- women with insecure avoidant attachments in childhood had less successful adult romantic relationships
- those with insecure resistant had problems forming non romantic. Duly relations
Support internal working model

Question 18

Evaluation of adult relationships

Answer 18

Correlation - don’t prove that attachment quality has a causal effect on adult relationships, other factors, temperament hypothesis

Other factors - Zimmerman found that life events experienced eg divorce has found a much larger influence on the unit of later relationships

Attachment style can change
- experience eg friendship can a change our internal working model
Securely attached children have gone on to have insecurely attached relationships if the had experienced negative life events